(Original post by Pangol)
Not impossible, but you won't have time for much (if any) practical work, which help considerably with your general understanding. How are you planning to take the practical assessments?

really? Practicals are just about connecting circuits and simple stuff like pendulums etc. though right?

(Original post by gunmetalpanda)
but aren't there patterns? I don't think we have practicals per se for cie, we have what's referref to as planning. Won't going through all the past papers be sufficient preparation?

Sorry, I am not familiar with cie as I do AQA. For AQA, you only submit one practical mark and I have found that it is technique of answering that is important, so past papers really help (also it is really easy to lose silly marks, so be careful-especially when working with graphs). If you nail it first time then you don't have to keep trying to improve your marks, so I would aim to do that.

It will be a push, I'm not sure about your boards coursework but my course had 2 practicals and 2 written research style papers, 1 of each in each years. So if you work 10 hours and then maybe put in a bit more time o do write up etc then yep it's possible. The hardest part won't be the bulk of the learning but getting your head round some concepts for the first time like anti-matter reactions and quanta.

It's very possible, grab the textbooks that will help you with your CIE exam board. Study off it, make notes then go through past papers, if you don't understand something post it on TSR or get a tutor (I'd advice you if you want to fully understand the context). Requires a lot of dexterity and will-power.

It's a matter of time-management, it is indeed very possible! A2 will be slightly harder, so put more of your time on that, but the AS shouldn't take more than 1.5 months.

I go through the textbook, make notes and understand it by doing the questions in the book, this all takes me about a week (if it's the only subject), then I just go through past papers!

(Original post by RedCasino)
It's very possible, grab the textbooks that will help you with your CIE exam board. Study off it, make notes then go through past papers, if you don't understand something post it on TSR or get a tutor (I'd advice you if you want to fully understand the context). Requires a lot of dexterity and will-power.

It's a matter of time-management, it is indeed very possible! A2 will be slightly harder, so put more of your time on that, but the AS shouldn't take more than 1.5 months.

I go through the textbook, make notes and understand it by doing the questions in the book, this all takes me about a week (if it's the only subject), then I just go through past papers!